I'm just pointing out that you can't change a global binding without declaring it to be global. That's why I'm confused about what the warning could possibly be for.
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Tony Fong <[email protected]> wrote: > You are assuming perfect knowledge of Julia and with a fresh mind on the > part of the user... > > > On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 11:26:48 AM UTC-4, Stefan Karpinski wrote: > >> f2 doesn't modify global foo – precisely because it doesn't declare foo >> to be global. So there's nothing to warn about... >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Tony Fong <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> I'm struggling with something like this: >>> >>> Module M >>> foo = 1 >>> bar()=foo # it's not obvious if foo can be modified. Ok, maybe I >>> should not need a FYI even. >>> f1()=(global foo=2 ) # this is clear. >>> f2()=(foo = 3 ) # how could I get a warning out of this? it's >>> perfectly legal and may or may not do what the author intends. >>> end >>> >>> >>>
